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New Law To Regulate Mortgage Professionals

Grier Smith on 04 3, 2006 | 1 Comment

On March 9th Washington State’s Governor Christine Gregoire signed House Bill 2340 which will regulate all Loan Originators in the brokering of residential real estate loans. According to Washingto

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Your Credit Score has Changed

Grier Smith on 03 14, 2006 | 10 Comments

Just as I was getting use to the old algorithm, now a new algorithm! The nation’s three consumer credit reporting companies – Equifax, TransUnion and Experian – announced a new credit scoring

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Recent Metro Home Prices in the US

Grier Smith on 02 15, 2006 | No Comments

I noticed that USA Today published a report on Metro home prices in the fourth quarter of 2005. If you check out Metro areas ranked by biggest change in median home prices. you'll see that our own tow

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Mortgage Points

Grier Smith on 02 14, 2006 | 2 Comments

For those of you who have thought about purchasing or refinancing, and have wondered if it makes sense to pay discount points to get a lower interest rate, Smart Money has an excellent article on unde

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